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I LOVE MR ROBOT!! i'll b livin' my life then rememebr there's a dark psychological thriller tv show abt a mentally ill junkie hacker with did an' it's so beautifully built & executed & the finale made my mind explode. okay.
#an' we watched it fully every year while it aired!!!!!!!!!#it's gawt pretty heavy themes tho it's kinda like hannibal's distant cousin but instead of gore there's idk scary capitalism.#corruption of power etc etc#but it's ok cuz they hack it or wtv#mika caws
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Sauron: Aha, who is now in possession of the One Ring? A common soldier? Perfect; they will be tempted by dreams of conquest, wealth and power! But... wait, what is happening? Why is the tempation not affecting them? What sort of lowly human could possibly resist my power?
Sam Vimes, chucking the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom before striding off to get home before 6pm: Bloody stupid piece of jewelery-
#sam vimes#discworld#lord of the rings#lotr#crossover#when a discworld character appears in something else they bring discworld's rules with it#the one ring corrupts all who possess it? well sam vimes already dealt with a maleficient evil entity from the dawn of time so no biggie#technically he knows it's giving him visions of power etc but he is Ignoring That because it's time to read where's my cow to young sam#because Some Things Are Important
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Honestly I find it so funny that a lot of people get into mdzs and tgcf for the romance and then are just immediately hit with zombies and fights and genocide
#like I came here for the gay and stayed for the dismantling of corrupt power systems#and the tragic backstories#(and also the gay)#etc etc#I love how the romance doesn't take away anything from the main plot#the politics is genuinely interesting#mdzs#mo dao zu shi#tgcf#tian guan ci fu#heaven official's blessing
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We NEED a time travel esque kirby game
#kirby#my art#meta knight#galacta knight#bandana waddle dee#nightmare#morpho knight#i like the idea of morpho knight having once been like a caterpillar#maybe they were like the opposite of a grim reaper like an agent of life instead of death#nightmare was once an ancient like hyness but he studied dark magic and was evil etc etc#maybe he sealed away galacta knight#bc he was too powerful? or was he actually getting in the way of nightmares evil plans 😈😈#baby meta knight ofc#created by nightmare or just corrupted? idk#primal waddle dees were something that i was half expecting in forgotten land so now im putting them here#i like the idea that waddle dees have been around forever but their own progression as a society has been overlooked#the plot of the hypothetical time travel game? idk
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more rambling about a s5 au: lindsey comes back for a redemption arc to act as legal counsel for angel's team. this ostensibly gives gunn a reason to opt out of the lawyer operation, but he does it anyway because he doesn't trust lindsey not to fuck them over.
lindsey acts as a moral foil to gunn, who comes to believe his necessary contribution to the team (since he's no longer their only lawyer) is being the defender of the group's principles while working at w&h. they frequently butt heads while working on a case, but eventually develop a begrudging respect of each other's respective strengths.
this hostile-to-friendly-rivalry arc is tested when it comes out that w&h was responsible for some demon problem that's been plaguing gunn's home community. gunn has, unbeknownst to himself, been somehow contributing to it while working at w&h; lindsey knowingly contributed to it when he was last working there as a lawyer. lindsey is forced to confront who he was, while gunn is forced to confront who he’s becoming.
since he was involved in the project, lindsey uses his insider knowledge to help come up with a plan to fix the problem. they execute it, something goes wrong, and lindsey risks his life to ensure the plan goes off successfully. he expects congratulations and a pat on the back from gunn, but gunn isn't interested in absolving lindsey's sins (or his own), and their warming relationship freezes over.
at some point, gunn lets himself get taken by the senior partners in an effort to deal with his guilt over various lapses in judgment/perceived moral failures. during their rescue mission to the holding dimension, lindsey stays behind in gunn's place so he can escape, assuring gunn that he's the lawyer the team needs right now. their mutual arcs culminate in lindsey rejecting the idea that redemption is done for recognition, and gunn rejecting the idea that guilt/self-punishment is inherently redemptive.
eventually after being busted out by illyria, lindsey is there to empathize with gunn about losing parts of yourself (body, mind, and/or soul) to w&h, relationships to power when you've grown up without it, and what it means to live with the consequences of your actions. both of them reflect on the nature of redemption/forgiveness/intent as they grapple with how to own up to an appropriate share of the blame.
#imagine i'm explaining this to you like the charlie day pepe sylvia scene#now let's talk about two characters who have barely interacted can we talk about two characters who have barely interacted#angel the series#ats#charles gunn#lindsey mcdonald#i think it's about two people who have grown up with a front row seat to how people with power will use it to step on others#the difference being that gunn thinks 'i need to be strong so i don't let people in power fuck over me or my own'#while lindsey thinks 'i need to BE those people in power'#also lindsey's appearance is a big PITA to gunn because he's a reminder that to anyone looking from the outside#gunn now looks a lot like the same evil guys in suits that he once fought against#which also reflects some of the themes in s5 more broadly! can they do good while working within evil inc or will they be corrupted etc#plus there's a lot of parallels to what's going on with spike and angel#art
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" I'm a Psycho, loving it~ "
#[album]#ask to tag#cw#Music Shot#S-2#also i just wanna mess with its expressions and poses cuz it's fun#he can turn the black face into a screenface. changing any shapes and expressions as it pleases#horror. realistic eyes. tv static. etc but he prefers the original triangle smiles more#also i'm planning to redesign S-2 right now#S-2 focuses only on killing / violence to gain LV and he's stuck that way and called it a purpose to wipe out population#He got so focus on gaining LV because it made him feel so powerful and wanted more feeling like it's the only thing that made him feel aliv#i'm okay to spoil his story and all. He's made out of human determination in Mark's body and became a split personality to him#that's why S-2 and Mark are both corrupted because they're still not compatible to each other in one body#instead of being unstable in physical form. his mind is. because Gaster used a different formula but failed again#Gaster was trying to cure Mark because he was really ill and about to die#I only took the references/theories from the original undertale amalgamation obviously#S-2 was formed from Mark's own negative emotions and personalities then it became its own character#which causes the two (or Mark or S-2 themselves) to self-loathe with each other#it's literally like looking in a window as a mirror talking shit to each other#The real good Mark in this au is Mark himself. he just needs to be set free from this misery (and need to get rid of S-2 if possible)#that's why in my old Mark death posts. S-2 was gone from self-forgiveness meaning Mark forgives himself and deserves to be happy#(because everyone don't deserve to hate themselves)#i'm gonna keep the left eye joke not being available when doing the horror screenface cuz still wanna make it a Mark thing to him#cw horror#cw eye contact
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Amethio sweetie you're not beating the 'related to Gibeon' allegations anytime soon fr
#fluff binges !!!#(my god the past few days have been Absolutely Awful I need to unwind anyhow sdkjfsndfs back to the comfort series)#there's something so poetic in how Hamber assumes this mentor/grandfather-like role to Amethio#while at the same time we're seeing Diana and Liko's bond at the forefront throughout the ep#the parallels between them....... Hamber actively encouraging that thirst for power while Diana praises Liko's continuous growth...........#Hamber's even amazed at Amethio 'playing dirty' in battles for once#Amethio's always been so by-the-books when it came to battling and even honorable in a sense by always striving for fairness-#-between him and Friede (insisting on one-on-one even when he has two mons on hand etc.)#BUT NOW Hamber wants to see more of that sinister corrupted side to that want for power and it's like ooouUUH........ OOOUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#man is a catalyst in intensifying Amethio's corruption arc he ain't trying to save him he wants him to go nuts with this SDJFHSHJDNFS#AND HONESTLY??????????????THAT'S SO INTERESTING#I'm also taking that Gibeon namedrop here as a sign that him and Amethio coooould be father and son#like Gibeon wasn't even that disappointed with him losing against Rayquaza he went all like “what did you FEEL"#WHAT AN ODD QUESTION TO ASK CONSIDERING HOW TERAPAGOS REPEATEDLY SCREAMED AT THE BOY LIKE HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM#AND SUPPOSEDLY BOTH TERAPAGOS AND RAYQUAZA ARE THE KEYS TO REACHING RAKUA SO HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM#imagine if Rakua's in space hence it requiring Rayquaza to accessJSHDAKSNDKASNDSD /LH /J#MORE PALPABLY IT MIIIGHT BE IN A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF TERAPAGOS BUT IMAGINESDJKFSNJDFN#pokemon#pokemon horizons#anipoke#pokeani#amethio#explorer amethio#hamber#explorer hamber#master gibeon
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confinement arc where L tortures light with more hands-on methods......
#what if he chained him up and beat him and waterboarded him and broke his fingers and called him a pretty little murderer? what then?#would light give up his memories right away? would he give them up and suffer without knowing the truth thinking this is all unjust#and an abuse of power against an innocent? would it corrupt his view of L? would he even be willing to work with him afterwards? would#he do so just because he felt threatened? or maybe he'd keep his memories as long as he could because he'd be stronger knowing the#truth. maybe he'd keep them until he doesnt know if he could take it anymore and might end up confessing. maybe he'd keep them#so he could still have ryuk with him through as much as possible or maybe he'd give them up because ryuk is just another cruel#spectator. uncaring to his suffering#and would L torture light himself? would he make another person do it? would he allow the task force to bear witness? would anyone tell#soichiro? or would L do it himself in the middle of the night when nobody is there to stop him? maybe nobody would know at all. maybe#L would creep down to light's room and wake him up and try to get him to confess any way he could before the task force comes in the#morning. he might be careful not to leave marks so nobody knew. or maybe he'd not care. just make excuses. he's L why would#they question if he had anything to do with light''s head bleeding from when he fell out of bed in the middle of the night. or when he#had bruises from tripping when nobody was around. he's the great detective L. he's justice. he'd never hurt anyone......#anyway i think L should've tortured him more. dragged him out of his bed and waterboarded him in the bathroom. beat him while nobody#was around and choked him until he passed out because he wouldn't confess to being kira etc#and would misa get the same treatment too or would L not care to break her as much as he would light?#*sighs dreamily* there's just so much potential in torture....#no i am not working on the torture prompt for kinktober rn why do u ask.........
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The division between the two families [the Woodvilles and the Nevilles] and their allies can be seen in the royal charters that they witnessed. Warwick, Rivers and Archbishop Neville of York, while serving as chancellor and afterwards, were fairly constant witnesses to royal charters and consequently often appeared together. This was not, however, the case for other family members and friends. From 1466 to 1469, if Scales or Woodville associates like Sir John Fogge, John Lord Audley or Humphrey Lord Stafford of Southwick witnessed royal charters, then members of the Neville group, such as John Neville, earl of Northumberland, or John Lord Wenlock would not, and vice versa. Discounting the ubiquitous Warwick, Rivers and Archbishop Neville, of the twenty-four charters issued between February 1466 and June 1469, twelve were witnessed by men associated with the Woodvilles, eight by men associated with the Nevilles and two were witnessed by no member of either group beyond the two earls at their heads and the archbishop; only two charters, both from 1466, featured associates of both families.
Such striking segregation of witnesses suggests that something more than simple convenience or availability was at play. [...] The evidence of these witness lists does show the extent of the split between the two groups from early in Edward's [first] reign and of the need for political society to work with that cleavage in the heart of the Yorkist regime."
-Theron Westervelt, "Royal charter witness lists and the politics of the reign of Edward IV"
*This is specifically applicable for Edward IV's first reign; in contrast, the charters in his second reign displayed a great deal of aristocratic and domestic unity and cohesion.
#the woodvilles#edward iv#wars of the roses#richard neville 16th earl of warwick#my post#elizabeth woodville#Obviously I hate the idea of Elizabeth and her family being seen as a social-climbing invasive species who banished the old nobility and#drove Warwick/Richard into rebellion and dominated the government and controlled the king and were responsible for Everything Wrong Ever#but I also dislike the 'revisionist' idea that they were ACTUALLY just passive and powerless bystanders or pawns who kept to their#social “place” (whatever the fuck that means). Frankly speaking this is more of a diminishment than a realistic defense.#the 'Queen's kin' (as they were known at the time) were very visible at court and demonstrably influential and prominent in politics#and as this shows there DOES seem to have been a genuine division/conflict between them and the Nevilles during Edward's first reign#(which DID directly lead to the decline of Neville dominance in England though the maintained honored positions and influence of their own)#Especially since Edward's second reign was entirely void of any such divisions - instead the nobility were united and focused on the King#even Clarence and Gloucester's long and disruptive quarrel over the Warwick inheritance never visibly left its mark on charters#so the Woodville/Neville divide from the 1460s must have been very sharp and divisive indeed#And yes it's safe to say that Elizabeth Woodville was probably involved: whether in her own right or via support of her family - or both -#it's illogical to argue that she was uninvolved (even the supportive Croyland Chronicle writes that Edward was “too greatly influenced”#by her; she and her family worked together across the 1470s; she was the de-facto head in 1483; etc)#Enhanced by the fact that Elizabeth was the first Englishwoman to be crowned queen - meaning that the involvement of her#homeborn family marked the beginning of “a new and largely unprecedented factor in the English power structure” (Laynesmith)#This should be kept in mind when it comes to analyzing contemporary views of them and of Elizabeth's own anomalous position#HOWEVER understanding the complexity of the situation at hand doesn't mean accepting the traditionally vilified depiction of the Woodvilles#Warwick and the Nevilles remained empowered and (at least outwardly) respected by the regime#Whether he was driven by disagreements over foreign policy or jealousy or ambition - the decision to rebel was very much his own#Claiming that the Woodvilles were primarily responsible is ridiculous (and most of the nobility continued to support Edward regardless)#There's also the fact that Warwick took what was probably a basic factional divide and turned it into a misogynistic and classist narrative#of a transgressive “bad” woman who became queen through witchcraft and aggrandized a family of social-climbing “lessers” who replaced#the inherently more deserving old nobility and corrupted the realm - later revived and intensified by Richard III a decade later#ie: We can recognize their genuine division AND question the (false/unfair) problematic narrative around the Woodvilles. Nuance is the key.
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Just gonna put this here.
#top cut off but its a locg review of abs power origins#aka the john ridley take of waller's origin#and its a mixed bag. and like i appreciate a lot of what hes trying to do in the first bit and retell her original origin which i love to#see. but as i said shes been changed so much its like having bruce wayne become superman to me like 2024 waller has a radically different#set of goals. so telling a story where she would logically have one then pivoting to make her focus on smth totally different at the end#just doesnt make sense. like bc its within the constraints of absolute power and what they need her to be i honestly think theres no way of#telling this story right in the way she deserves at this point in time realistically. like i would love to be proven wrong but thats not#what i see happening#anyways if i was writing this and didnt have to make her crazy 2024 waller id have her learn collins was corrupt after she had basically#secured his victory/gotten him elected (and have had her genuinely BELIEVE in him) only to then get leverage and use him as a puppet to do#some good by voting in the way she wanted. which would then later spark the idea of the suicide squad bc its the same concept (using the bad#people who exist and have power to use that power for good) just on a different scale#etc etc cue events of sui sq 1987#amanda waller#absolute power: origins#absolute power#fuck it ill put it in the tag#wednesday spoilers
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wow! nice shounen battle series. do you give your characters enough time to develop so their fights have emotional weight or is it all just spectacle?
#bolo liveblogs#I like jjk so far but god I wish these characters had time to breathe. gojo and geto's whole thing in particular is so undercooked#the relationship that interests me the most rn is itadori and sukuna and that's because of the Themes and Potential of it mostly#I'm hallucinating that they have a very interesting dynamic that touches on issues of selfhood power corruption etc.#and in canon they're just some guy and the ps5 speaking to him inside his brain
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wasn't gonna draw anything until i finished the game but act 3 got me feeling so stressed n overwhelmed oh my god
anyways current tav state of mind. deeply funny to me that the most mentally stable member of the party at the start of the game is the one most currently over the brink of losing their fucking mind
#merlin.txt#bg3 spoilers#< tagging just in case#when the power corruption arc has consequences ..#no but i'm actually going crazy over the emperor shit. that genuinely hit me over sideways#like i intended mikael to have a weird psychosexual obsession with the dream vision prism guy#but i didn't know the game would Encourage it. [rubbing my hands together]#when the guy in your head who keeps calling you shit like 'youre exquisite beautiful powerful we're completely alike etc.'#and you're 10000% fine with them turning out to be a mindflayer. like just wayyyy too okay with it
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The gif from that Mercury witch show has tempted me. What service is it on? 👀 Want to try and sell it any more on your blog cause I'd love to hear it. Ngl, 'toxic milfs' is very promising 😂😂
only saying its on Crunchyroll to cover my ass, but since the whole thing of them acquiring Funimation and other competitors, price gouging, now just purging titles from their services right after said price gouging, I will suggest that most places you can find anime online for a *wink* discount *wink* you can easily find Witch From Mercury on there.
real reason I'm answering is to make sure that the first episode is you watch is "episode zero" - it was an episode released a few months before the "official" premiere of the show but it fully is the actual First Episode of the show - if you miss it things will get REAL confusing.
it continues the fine tradition of Gundam series ultimately being about how WAR IS BAD and ECONOMICS SUPPORTING WAR IS BAD and does so in a way that I think resonates with people now more easily than 70s Gundam with its modern sensibilities. While it is Lesbian Gundam, which is what drew me to it first, it is also more than that. Season two is clear that production/episode order messed with the storytelling plans and comes off more rushed but when it hits it HITS.
and let me tell you, that MILF sure IS toxic
#I love supporting women's wrongs but she WILL test your devotion to that#luckily there are many women to choose from#GWitch#Gundam Witch From Mercury#also CR got its OWN start as an 'illegal' streaming site so you know. how the mighty fall and power corrupting and all that jazz etc.
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idk how many times I have to come across ascendant defenders… this is just tiring.
#how he is so happy now and has so many opportunities#i explained he has now a target on his back to which i was told he has one anyway cuz he’s a vampire…#ok so?#i give up srsly#astarion#once again they’re weaponizing all the dialogue choices like he’ll have to deal with not seeing the sun and how he doesn’t like it#and how he hates when Tav tells him they’ll protect him#honestly i need Larian to give a proper damn ending for the spawn camp cuz this is never gonna stop#justice for the man who snapped out of the vicious cycle of power hungriness#cuz how all power hungry ppl end up? dead#and even when Larian confirmed his background and how he got killed by Gur bc of his corrupt decisions etc#well then he got what was coming for him and this is an opportunity to repent and make a difference#but asc camp: he was always a manipulative prick so why would you attempt to change him
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have there been any official statements on totks timeline bc it sure seems like it's a creation all its own with very little tie in with established mythos at all
#defeating ganondorf could have been so much more fulfilling if he had any of his original motivations or even a mention of demise#but his being established as a power hungry villian at the founsing of Hyrule makes No Sense#he only became a quote unquote villian bc the royal family of hyrule left the gerudo to starve then punished them for becoming thieves#and instead of acknowledging that they made rauru and sonia SOOOO goody sweetie compassionate loving caring etc#and ganondorf is just endlessly cruel and mean and power hungry for no reason#instead of being corrupted by the shattered triforce and curse of demise in an otherwise righteous pursuit of justice#like......... i wanted vindicated & neutral arc ganon and the royal family being held accountabke#i got the exact polar complete opposite#and no postgame to boot when the whole games point is rebuilding. there should be postgame with zelda to rebuild in!!!!#eugh!!!!!!!#now none of the main characters will ever have dialogue beyond we need to kill ganon now!#while mineru and zelda are both trapped in their own purgatories#and dont even get me started on links arm magically coming back at the end i was so excited for a disabled / prosthetic link#eUGgHh#frustrated#totk#spoilers
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Until I'm proven wrong I'm believing that the Genesis Pearl was somehow something Gold/Rhine was supposed to protect, and she either ended up accidentally corrupting it through her alchemy experiments or Alberich ends up taking it and it ends up getting corrupted that way, and the Tsaritsa recently gained possession of it.
#genshin impact#genshin rhinedottir#genshin alberich#genshin tsaritsa#genshin theory#i have more than this. like how the genesis pearl came to venti & the ragnvindrs & to the tsaritsa through either the 10th or her daughter.#however.#right now i also kinda think that whatever happened w gold's creations losing it had to do w losing the genesis pearl to alberich#just. w abyss = chaos = corruption = weakened boundaries = the genesis pearl = original truth = the ring of power etc#thoughts
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